迟钝 chídùn▶ torpeza

Stroke order

迟钝 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 迟 — 7 strokes
• 钝 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. slow in one's reactions
2. sluggish (in movement or thought)

Related words

• 迟疑Vacilación
• 迟缓tardío; lento
• 迟早tarde o temprano
• 推迟retraso
• 迟到Tarde

迟钝 is pronounced chídùn and means “torpeza”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 迟钝 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.